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Dec 2021

1h 16m

Love Stories: Embodied Sisterhood with D...

DR. ALEXANDRA SOLOMON

About this episode

For this special Love Stories episode, Dr. Alexandra welcomes identical twins Dr. Lindsay Kite and Dr. Lexie Kite to Reimagining Love. Lindsay and Lexie received PhDs in the study of women’s body image and have become leading experts in body image resilience and media literacy. Dr. Alexandra dives deep with the Kites to hear about their childhood growing up as identical twins, tracing how the challenges and joys of their sisterhood led them to the important work they do today and how their relationship has evolved through every stage of life.

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More Than a Body: Your Body is an Instrument, Not an Ornament by Drs. Lindsay and Lexie Kite

https://bookshop.org/books/more-than-a-body-your-body-is-an-instrument-not-an-ornament-9780358645573/9780358229247

The Kites’ website:

https://www.morethanabody.org/about-us/

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